An amendment numbered 17 printed in House Report 112-138 to require FEMA to notify a prominent local television and radio station of projected and proposed changes to flood maps and to grant an additional 90 days for property owners or a community to appeal proposed flood maps, beyond the original 90 day appeal period, so long as community leaders certify they believe there are property owners unaware of the proposed flood maps and appeal period, and community leaders would use the additional 90 day appeal period to educate property owners on the proposed maps and appeal process.

1. Adds SEC. 21. APPEALS on page 57, line 2

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   Inserted: SEC. 21. APPEALS.

   Inserted: (a) Television and Radio Announcement.--Section 1363 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after "determinations" by inserting the following: "by notifying a local television and radio station,"; and

   Inserted: (2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by inserting before the period at the end the following: "and shall notify a local television and radio station at least once during the same 10-day period".

   Inserted: (b) Extension of Appeals Period.--Subsection (b) of section 1363 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104(b)) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by striking "(b) The Director" and inserting "(b)(1) The Administrator"; and

   Inserted: (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

   Inserted: "(2) The Administrator shall grant an extension of the 90-day period for appeals referred to in paragraph (1) for 90 additional days if an affected community certifies to the Administrator, after the expiration of at least 60 days of such period, that the community--

   Inserted: "(A) believes there are property owners or lessees in the community who are unaware of such period for appeals; and

   Inserted: "(B) will utilize the extension under this paragraph to notify property owners or lessees who are affected by the proposed flood elevation determinations of the period for appeals and the opportunity to appeal the determinations proposed by the Administrator.".

   Inserted: (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to any flood elevation determination for any area in a community that has not, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, been issued a Letter of Final Determination for such determination under the flood insurance map modernization process.

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